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Three Cheers for Free Trade
The American Specator ^ | March 16, 2016 | Ross Kaminsky

Posted on 03/17/2016 1:15:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
"Free trade" is a complicated issue built on several simple underlying influences:

1. In any financial transaction, buyers will seek the lowest price possible. At the same time, sellers will look for the highest price possible.

2. An employment arrangement involves a "buyer" (the employer) and a "seller" (a worker).

3. One of the simple realities of an economy is that a worker will usually demand far more for his/her services than he/she would ever pay another worker for the same services.

Point #3 underlies almost every policy decision that is made by a government in a modern, advanced country like ours where labor costs are extremely high. "Free trade" gives us the ability to do things in a foreign trade situation that we'd never be allowed to do under the law right here in the U.S. -- namely, paying workers less than our statutory minimum wages, buying products that are made in factories that violate every environmental standard under our laws and fail to meet minimal worker safety standards, etc.

21 posted on 03/17/2016 2:24:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Jim Robinson
Yeah, I know. It’s always best for us peons if we allow politicians and governments to pick the winners and losers among industries. Government of, for and by the elite. Please pass the peas.

That's what Trump has been part of and what he's used to game the system all these years.

It's akin to Willie Sutton telling us he'll "Make Bank Vaults Safe Again."

He's great at marketing and selling his brand.

But what has Trump done to earn the honor of leading Americans, done to gain the trust of the nation or the world, or given him the right to lead from the Bully Pulpit?

He's the poster-boy - the show horse - of buying access; he is not the draft horse who will resort our economy.

22 posted on 03/17/2016 2:29:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Youngstown, Detroit, and Cleveland will all lead the cheer.


23 posted on 03/17/2016 2:31:42 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This guy is insane. He approves of unfair trade.


24 posted on 03/17/2016 2:45:35 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Prayer for Victory is the ONLY way to support the troops!)
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To: Trumpinator

We have had more economic freedom/less barriers to imports than any large nation on Earth for over 200 years. Wealthy tiny countries like Switzerland and Singapore exempted.

Trump,with his implied trade war against all countries that have a trade surplus with the US, will make us more like Cuba,Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil.

Closed or less open economies with high tariffs and trade barriers “to protect jobs.”

Much like East Germany had the highest standard of living amongst the Communist Bloc the US,if it joins, will have the highest standard of living amongst the Stupid Bloc of countries because of the inherent skills of American workers.


25 posted on 03/17/2016 2:48:43 AM PDT by Reaganez
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He’s the poster-boy - the show horse - of buying access; he is not the draft horse who will resort our economy.


why again do we need a draft horse to resort our economy ?


26 posted on 03/17/2016 2:53:18 AM PDT by PraiseTheLord (have you seen the fema camps, shackle box cars, thousands of guillotines, stacks of coffins ~)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Cruz will not change this. He is a globalist starting before he was with Bush.

Imo a vote for Cruz is a vote for a North American Union, increased immigration, albeit legal, then more until we lose our country’s sovreignty.


27 posted on 03/17/2016 2:55:53 AM PDT by amihow (l)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Perhaps you have not had and do not understand the phenomenon of metanoia. One can be involved in an enterprise which is flawed and yet become its strongest reformer as the flaws are revealed to you.

We know Cruz will sell us out. There is some hope with Trump.


28 posted on 03/17/2016 3:02:51 AM PDT by amihow (l)
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To: nathanbedford

You put too much faith in data. Sometimes a cigar is you know.


29 posted on 03/17/2016 3:07:07 AM PDT by amihow (l)
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To: PraiseTheLord

Why do you think a show horse that’s been drinking from the Crony Capitalist trough is your winning ticket out from under?

A “work horse” Trump isn’t.


30 posted on 03/17/2016 3:12:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Donald Trump and his fellow liberals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are lambasting free trade as the scourge of the American working man.

First, how "free" is free trade? Second exactly why do Trump, Clinton, and Sanders lambast free trade? All for the same reasons? Are there any differences?

A responsible journalist would actually provide the context of their article about free trade, rather than assuming that the reader will "buy" such an outlandish opening statement.

Or, is this just another hit piece on the Donald?

31 posted on 03/17/2016 3:14:54 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip

I guess you’ll have to read the piece to understand the piece.


32 posted on 03/17/2016 3:26:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Read Write Repeat

Tell me how a 70-year old pitchman and trust fund baby (who’s engaged in all that he’s raging against) - who’s re-invented himself into the “Make America Great Again” Pied Piper - has successfully morphed into your savior?


33 posted on 03/17/2016 3:32:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: amihow
Perhaps you have not had and do not understand the phenomenon of metanoia. One can be involved in an enterprise which is flawed and yet become its strongest reformer as the flaws are revealed to you. We know Cruz will sell us out. There is some hope with Trump.

Your comment defies all logic.

34 posted on 03/17/2016 3:33:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Calling it "FREE" trade is the biggest joke in the world.

There ain't nothing "FREE" about it, and we are all paying the price.

35 posted on 03/17/2016 3:38:43 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Who’s history foretells their willingness to change this?

Trump’s or Cruz’s?

I say Cruz’s.

Cruz was for TPP before he was against it. If it weren't for Trump, there would be no talk about a wall, jobs in mexico because of nafta nor jobs exported because of currency manipulation and china tariffs.

Cruz is a life long politician that has never had a job producing anything.

We are all shocked that you say Cruz.

BTW, how did Super Tuesday 3 go for you?

36 posted on 03/17/2016 3:39:32 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
But what has Trump done to earn the honor of leading Americans, done to gain the trust of the nation or the world, or given him the right to lead from the Bully Pulpit?

I'm not sure about 'earning the honor of leading Americans' but he's gained the trust and votes of most primary voters.

Before you start telling me that 60% have voted against Trump, remember, Trump has 2,000,000 more votes than Cruz.

73% of primary votes have REJECTED CRUZ.

37 posted on 03/17/2016 3:44:30 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: USS Alaska

Trump’s good at talking.

Problems (and red flags) surface though, when he’s held accountable for what he says (said) and what he does (did).

You want to ignore all that Trump has stood for, who he supports and has supported.

Why the convenient huge blind spot?


38 posted on 03/17/2016 4:03:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Does the implementation of NAFTA have anything to do with the loss of industrial manufacturing capability in the USA? Or is it just unions, regulations, and politicians?

Has the U.S. economy grown in the past 20 years despite NAFTA, or because of NAFTA?


39 posted on 03/17/2016 4:06:00 AM PDT by olezip
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

What’s good for business is good for all Americans. Businesses don’t survive if they don’t have happy customers. Trickle-down economics work. Free trade rules. Capitalism rocks.


40 posted on 03/17/2016 4:06:33 AM PDT by JediJones (I'm with Ted Cruz, Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, Steve Deace, Michelle Malkin, James Woods & Ben Shapiro)
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